GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

Random words

WordMeaning
meddlesomegiven to meddling
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
horoscopea diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
woefulfull of woe : grievous
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
pacifyto allay the anger or agitation of : soothe